Bunya Mountains · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bunya Mountains

How families and households are made up across the area.

About 42% of people in Bunya Mountains live on their own, which is one of the highest rates for this area type. This makes the place feel much smaller in terms of household size, with the typical home holding only 2.1 people.

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📍 Bunya Mountains, Suburb / Locality

Where Bunya Mountains sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bunya Mountains — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bunya Mountains2.1
4405, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person homes are very common at 41.7%, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home has 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

41.7%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 27.1%
  • 2021: 41.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Bunya Mountains splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (41%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with and without children make up the bulk of families, while one-parent families account for 13.3%. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

13.3%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bunya Mountains splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bunya Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30439/bunya-mountains/topic/family-households